Can Fullerton Councilwoman Sharon Quirk-Silva give Chris Norby a run for the money?
Don’t look now but the field of candidates to replace disgraced Assemblyman Mike Duvall is getting crowded.
“Other Republicans considering getting into the race include Placentia City Councilman Scott Nelson, Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu, and California’s committeewoman on the Republican National Committee, Linda Ackerman. Ackerman’s husband represented the district in the Assembly before being elected to the Senate and becoming Senate GOP leader,” according to the O.C. Register.
I am also hearing that Fullerton Councilwoman Sharon Quirk-Silva is considering running for the seat.
I still think that termed out Supervisor Chris Norby can win this seat, but his past may come back to haunt him. Even a Democrat such as Quirk-Silva could use his troubles to vault to the Assembly.
Quirk-Silva, by the way, is no liberal. She is very reasonable and often sides with Fullerton Councilman Shawn Nelson, a conservative, against her fellow Democrat on the Fullerton City Council, Pam Keller, on redevelopment issues.
Linda Ackerman might run, but only because she and her husband, former State Senator Dick Ackerman, really hate Norby. She is however a master fundraiser in her own right.
If Norby’s past becomes an issue, this race just might belong to the ladies…
If Duvall can figure out how to sign his name a special election could be a couple months away. A Democrat has no chance unless the unions really go nuts with the dough. Norby’s cash gives him a huge advantage although he may get some blowback from the Huff/Roski/City of Industry swine.
The guy from Placentia must be crazy. He’d get skewered on the OnTrac fiasco/corruption/indictments, etc – and rightly so.
Ackerman’s old lady doesn’t live in the district and hasn’t for nine years or so. She also told Wisckol that she doesn;t share Norby’s anti-redevelopment stance. I believe that means she like corporate subsidies, design review committees,stc. And that’s no bueno.
I know almost nothing about this Sharon Quirk, and have only met her once, but she did come out on the right side of redevelopment and that’s a big deal. With some good advisors she might be okay.